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Desserts

The Regis Cafe Chocolate Mousse

Desserts
Serves 6
5 ingredients
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Ingredients

  • 12 oz 1 package semi-sweet chocolate morsels
  • 8 egg whites
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup light rum
  • 4 pint whipping cream

Method

  1. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. In a separate saucepan over low heat, dissolve the sugar in the rum.
  2. Whip 3 pints of the cream stiff, sweetening to taste. Whip the rum mixture into the chocolate. Mix. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
  3. Whip the remaining cream into the chocolate mixture until it starts to thicken. Fold in half of the whipped cream.
  4. Beat the egg whites till stiff. Gently fold into the chocolate mixture. Gently fold in the remainder of the whipped cream. Pour into parfait glasses and chill.

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